page_title: Royal Photographic Society
section_title: J Dudley Johnston Award / Medal
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Photographic Society / Awards and medals / J Dudley Johnston Award / Medal
caption_attribution_description: English: J. Dudley Johnston, president of the Royal Photographic Society. Photographer: Franz Ziegler (1893-1939). Photograph made in 1929.
context_page_description: The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society, is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with the objective of promoting the art and science of photography, and in 1853 received Royal patronage from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. On 25 June 2019, HRH Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge became the Society's Patron, taking over from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who had been patron since 1952.
  A change to the society's name to reflect the Royal patronage was, however, not considered expedient at the time. In 1874 it was renamed the Photographic Society of Great Britain, and only from 1894 did it become known as the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a title which it continues to use today.
  A registered charity since 1962, in July 2004, The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain was granted a Royal charter recognising its eminence in the field of photography as a learned society. For most of its history the Society was based at various premises in London. It moved to Bath in 1979, where it remained until 2019.
context_section_description: According to the Society's website this is an "award for major achievement in the field of photographic criticism or the history of photography. To be awarded for sustained excellence over a period of time, or for a single outstanding publication". The recipients are:
  1998 – Larry Schaaf
  1999 – Vicki Goldberg
  2000 – Colin Westerbeck
  2001 – Bill Jay
  2002 – Mike Weaver
  2003 – Sara Stevenson
  2004 – Colin Harding (Photohistory) and Val Williams (Curatorship)
  2005 – Ian Jeffrey (Photohistory) and David Mellor (Curatorship)
  2006 – Gerhard Steidl (Photohistory) and Martin Harrison (Curatorship)
  2007 – Roger Taylor (Photohistory)
  2008 – Gail Buckland
  2009 – Matthew Butson
  2010 – A. D. Coleman
  2011 – Sean O'Hagan
  2012 – Anthony Bannon
  2013 – Martin Barnes
  2014 – David Campany
  2015 – Roger Hargreaves
  2017 – Francis Hodgson
  2018 – Gerry Badger
  2019 – Zhuang Wubin
caption: J. Dudley Johnston 
  (photo by Franz Ziegler, 1929)
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